Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

C. W. Eger was in Chicago Tuesday and Wednesday on business. 6> ” Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 53c; oats. 43c; wheat, $1; rye, 75c; buckwheat, 75 c. Miss Katie Shields of Morocco, spent Wednesday night here with her mother, Mrs. E. H. Shields. Mrs. Albertus Yeoman of Newton tp., has been quite sick but is reported some beter at this writing. Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Veach of Ora, Ind., have been visiting the family of her brother, George Werner, of west of town. The D. A. R.’s cleared >36 as their share of the proceeds ofth e Paul Revere films at the Rex Tuesday afternoon and night. Mrs. J. w. McConnahay of Pullman, 111., returned home Thursday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Randle. ■ » "Insure Peace By Preparing for Mar," reads afeeadline in a dally paper. Yes, that is what the European nations did, and they have what Sherman said war was. Do you want to buy a big, sheepbound Webster's International Dictionary, in excellent condition, for ?3.00? If so, call at The Democrat office and see the one we have for sale

Mrs. A.* C. Tedford came over from. Goodland yesterday to visit Mrs. George W. Hopkins • and the latter's mother, Mrs. A. H. Tedford, of Indianapolis, who is here for a few weeks’ visit with Mrs. Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown received a box of persimmons a few daj-s ago, presumably from their son-in-law, Charles Harmon, and Mr. Brown has the thanks of The Democrat for a generous sample of the fruit. Mr. and Mrs. Emmff Fidler of Jordan tp., were called to Marshall, 111., Thursday by the death of the latter’s aged father, Henry Crimmel, who was almost 82 years of age and was supposed to have died from a stroke of paralysis.

The weather still continues quite warm and it has been rather rainy here all week. That is, a sort of a mis', falling a good deal of the time, but not much actual rainfall. The mercury at noon yesterday stood at 40 degrees. Clearing weather is prophecied for today.

“Uncle” Charlie Pullins and wife of Barkley tp., who tried one year in town some four years ago, have decided to again retire from their farm and will move back to Rensselaer about March 1 to their property at the west side of town, the old Dr. Washburn place, now ocupied by Ed Reeves. Relatives of former postmaster W. E. Peck at Remington, received word the first of the week from Mr. Peck’s wife, that Ed was critically 111 with pneumonia at his new home in Chautauqua county, N. Y. The Democrat has been unable to learn anything further and it is therefore presumed that Mr. Peck has recovered or we would have learned of it. Charles Fell and wife of Remington, left this week for Denver, Colo., where they will remain through the winter for the. benefit of the formers health, which has not ben good since he had such a severe attack of typhoid fever, some time ago. He will take treatment while there of Dr. Pothuisje, a former Remington physician, who has been located in Denver for several years. John P. Ryan was down from Gillam tp., Thursday. Mr. Ryan has a load of fat cattle to ship that are already for the market, and is interested in knowing when the “foot and mouth disease” quarantine will be lifted so that a farmer can ship a load of stock without having to pay some deputy $lO to inspect iu Mr. Ryan is of the same opinion as a great many other stock men have finally concluded, that there is a w hole lot of nonsensical nonsense about this alleged foot and mouth disease.

E. A. Linton of Waukegan, 111., who with others is forming a company 'to manufacture a coal oil burner for heating purposes, and some other articles of w“hich he is the inventor r came down the first of the week and has placed one of the burners in the window of Rhoades’ hardware store. The organisation of the company is going ahead and articles of incorporation will be filed soon. This is the company that is to take over the old match factory” building for use in manufacturing their articles.